Born in Africa: The Quest for the Origins of Human Life

248 Pages·2011·5.09 MB·English

by  Martin Meredith

Table of Contents

Title Page
We carry within us the wonders we seek without us: there is all Africa and her ...
Preface
Introduction

PART ONE
CHAPTER 1 - THE VALLEY OF WILD SISAL
CHAPTER 2 - DART’S CHILD
CHAPTER 3 - BROOM’S TRIUMPH
CHAPTER 4 - WHITE AFRICAN
CHAPTER 5 - DEAR BOY
CHAPTER 6 - HANDY MAN
CHAPTER 7 - KOOBI FORA
CHAPTER 8 - HADAR
CHAPTER 9 - LAETOLI
CHAPTER 10 - BONES OF CONTENTION
CHAPTER 11 - TURKANA BOY
CHAPTER 12 - A DANCE THROUGH TIME
CHAPTER 13 - NEW FRONTIERS
CHAPTER 14 - LITTLE FOOT

PART TWO
CHAPTER 15 - PROTOTYPES
CHAPTER 16 - PIONEERS
CHAPTER 17 - SAPIENS
CHAPTER 18 - EXODUS

Glossary
Notes on Sources
Selected Bibliography
Index
Copyright Page

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us: there
is all Africa and her prodigies in us.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
Religio Medici (1643)